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A review by mudder17
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
3.0
3-3.5 stars
I'm a little surprised I'm giving this less than 4 stars, but it's just not what I was expecting. While I didn't mind at all the romance part of it and the relationship between Cordelia, Aral, and Oliver, nothing really happened, unlike in most of the Vorkosigan Saga books. Even the first book in the series that was mostly Cordelia and Aral (no Miles) was exciting and full of interesting events, so it wasn't just that Miles didn't play that much of a role in this book. In fact, the scenes with him were some of the more interesting ones in this book. The author's writing is just as strong as ever, and overall, I did like this book. But for much of it, I was just waiting for something earthshattering to happen. I thought there would be more conflict and political stuff with all the embryos, but there really wasn't. Even people's reactions to the relationship between Cordelia and Oliver were not over the top the way I was expecting. So not a bad story, but by far from one of my favorites for this universe.
I'm a little surprised I'm giving this less than 4 stars, but it's just not what I was expecting. While I didn't mind at all the romance part of it and the relationship between Cordelia, Aral, and Oliver, nothing really happened, unlike in most of the Vorkosigan Saga books. Even the first book in the series that was mostly Cordelia and Aral (no Miles) was exciting and full of interesting events, so it wasn't just that Miles didn't play that much of a role in this book. In fact, the scenes with him were some of the more interesting ones in this book. The author's writing is just as strong as ever, and overall, I did like this book. But for much of it, I was just waiting for something earthshattering to happen. I thought there would be more conflict and political stuff with all the embryos, but there really wasn't. Even people's reactions to the relationship between Cordelia and Oliver were not over the top the way I was expecting. So not a bad story, but by far from one of my favorites for this universe.